HEADTEACHER'S MESSAGE

Dear parents, carers and children,

As we approach the beginning of Advent, our children (and staff) have been busily preparing for their various Christmas Plays and Carol Services which serves as a reminder of God's great love for us. Please make a note of the date of your child's Christmas Play/Carol Service and I hope to see you there.

It was lovely to see so many children participate in own clothes day and I must say they all looked very smart. Thank you for the many generous donations for our Christmas Tombola! Next Friday we will be having another own clothes day and children are asked to bring in a donation for their class hamper. You will find a list below of each class and the theme of their hamper. The PTA will also be setting up a donations table for toys, children's books and other donations in the playground before and after school where parents and children will be able to drop off any donations for our Christmas Fair. A quick reminder to please return your sold raffle ticket stubs and monies and any unsold tickets to the school office. Thank you for the great response we've had so far.

Year 1, 2 and 3 children will be having the Nasal Flu Vaccine on Monday. If you have not returned the consent form, please do so on Monday morning even if you do not want your child to receive the vaccine.

I hope you enjoy this week's newsletter with all the photos of the outings and activities children have enjoyed this week.

Have a good weekend!

Best wishes,

Miss O'Connor

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

CLASS ASSEMBLIES

PARENTS ARE WARMLY INVITED TO ATTEND THEIR CHILD'S CLASS ASSEMBLY. CLASS ASSEMBLIES ARE HELD ON THURSDAYS AT 9:00AM IN THE TOP HALL.

24TH NOVEMBER CLASS 8

CHRISTMAS PLAYS AND CAROL SERVICE DATES

29TH NOVEMBER AT 2:00PM - EYFS CHRISTMAS PLAY FOR ALL RECEPTION AND NURSERY PARENTS.

8TH DECEMBER AT 2:00PM - KS1 CHRISTMAS PLAY FOR YEAR 1 PARENTS.

9TH DECEMBER AT 2:00PM - KS1 CHRISTMAS PLAY FOR YEAR 2 PARENTS.

14TH DECEMBER AT 2:00PM - KS2 CAROL SERVICE AT OUR LADY'S CHURCH

MEND WORKSHOP FOR YEAR 1 and 4 PARENTS

THE THIRD MEND WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY 24th NOVEMBER 3:30 - 4:30pm. THE MEND TEAM WILL BE LOOKING AT FOOD LABELS AND WE WILL BE LEARNING MORE ABOUT WHAT GOES INTO OUR FOOD. ALL YEAR 1 AND YEAR 4 PARENTS WELCOME!

OWN CLOTHES DAY

FRIDAY 25TH NOVEMBER - PLEASE DONATE ITEMS FOR THE CLASS HAMPERS. PLEASE SEE BELOW FOR A LIST OF THE INDIVIDUAL CLASS HAMPERS.

END OF TERM - CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY

SCHOOL CLOSES ON FRIDAY 16TH DECEMBER AT 1:30PM FOR CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. CHILDREN COME BACK TO SCHOOL ON WEDNESDAY 4TH JANUARY 2017.

OPEN DAY FOR SEPTEMBER 2017 NURSERY AND RECEPTION ADMISSIONS

MONDAY 9TH JANUARY 2017 10:00-11:00 AM. FAMILIES APPLYING FOR NURSERY AND RECEPTION PLACES FOR SEPTEMBER 2017 ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND A SCHOOL VIEWING AND INFORMATION SESSION.

THE WEDNESDAY WORD

MERCY

Dear Lord Jesus, please help us to grow in the virtue of mercy - to be open to receiving your mercy and showing mercy to others. Amen.

ATTENDANCE

Attendance

NOTICES AND REMINDERS

Class 9's Assembly

Class 9 presented a wonderful assembly all about their Latin studies. Learning Latin has been shown to help improve children with their English language skills. Class 9 even sang us a song in Latin called 'Gaudete' which they had learnt off by heart! We were very impressed! We can see that learning Latin is very interesting. Well done on a brilliant assembly and a big thank you to all parents who attended.

Please note that the School propose the following changes:

1)To reduce the number of admissions criteria from 11 to 4.

2)To remove the requirement of a Catholic Certificate of practice

The consultation period is from Monday, 14th November to Friday, 23rd December 2016.

Art Club

Our Art Club children have been very busy and creative this week by sewing Christmas stockings! You can tell from the pictures that they have had great fun!

Year 3 visit the Synagogue

On Thursday year 3 were able to visit the Liberal Jewish Synagogue as part of their topic of Judaism. They were able to impress the Rabbi with all the things they knew you could find in a synagogue, and learnt even more about how the synagogue is used. They even got to open the ark and see the Torah!

Lord's Take Over Day

Year 5 and Class 7 were tourists on a very special tour of Lords on Friday. Class 8 were our tour guides complete with green blazers! They showed us around the Pavilion, the dressing room and the museum where we got to see the Ashes! It was really interesting to learn about Lords.

Absences from School

Unfortunately it is that time of year when people are falling ill with 'winter bugs'. I wish to remind parents that children who have had vomiting or diarrhea should be clear for 48 hours before they return to school. I appreciate your co-operation as this will help limit any tummy bugs from spreading. The NHS website provides further guidance on when you should keep your child home and when to seek medical advice.

If your child is absent it is important to follow the procedure below:

Parents must phone the school on 02077235911 to report their child's absence.

You must phone the school on each day that your child is absent. Some pupils travel to school on their own so it is important that we know which pupils to expect each day.

If your child is absent for 3 days or more you may be asked to provide a doctor's note to substantiate the absence. Failure to provide any sort of note may result in the absence being unauthorised.

Medication in School

For health and safety reasons the school can only administer prescribed and in date medication. If your child requires a dose of antibiotics etc during the school day, please obtain a permission form from the school office. Please note that medication must not be placed in children's book bags or be given to children to take without adult supervision in school. I appreciate your co-operation in this matter.

Christmas Lunch

As is tradition at St. Edward's, all children are invited to enjoy Christmas Lunch together. If your child usually brings a packed lunch to school and they would like to have a Christmas Lunch, please inform the school office. The cost is £1.90 and the date of the lunch will be confirmed at a later stage. Caterlink, our school caterers, need to know the number of children having Christmas lunch by 25th November so please let the office know by then. Unfortunately we will not be able to take any Christmas Lunch bookings after Friday 25th November.

St. Edward's Christmas Fair - 2nd December 15:00-17:30

Volunteers needed! If you are available for preparation work, on the day or both, please let us know!

Bernice - vice-chair@school-pta.co.uk

Clara - treasurer@school-pta.co.uk

A raffle will be drawn at 17:00 on the day of the Christmas Fair. Please remember to return ticket stubs and monies and any unsold tickets to the school office.

Raffle tickets £1 each

First prize £250 cash

Second prize 16GB Amazon Kindle Fire HD7"

Third prize luxury Christmas cake

Stalls

Adult and children tombola

Cake sale

Christmas shop

Grotto

Face Painting

And many more

All proceeds of the Christmas Fair will go towards the school library.

Own Clothes Day - Class Hampers

Friday 25th November - all children are invited to wear their own clothes to school and in return we are asking for a donation for our Christmas Fair Class Hampers. Each class has chosen a theme for their hamper so please check the list below:

Nursery - Afternoon Tea

Class 1 - Christmas Spirit

Class 2 - Outdoor Fun

Class 3 - Chocolate Delights

Class 4 - Art Fun

Class 5 - Chocolate Heaven

Class 6 - All that Shimmers and Shines

Class 7 - Baking at Home

Class 8 - Breakfast tea & coffee

Class 9 - World Foods

Class 10 - Italian Cuisine

Class 11 - Sweet Treats

Class 12 - Baking Fun

Class 13 - A Night In

Class 14 - Arts & Crafts

Our Lady of the Rosary Christmas Fayre

Old Marylebone Road, Saturday 26th November 11am - 2pm

All are welcome to come along and enjoy a fun community event! There will be lots of stalls and a visit from Santa!

Open Day

We will be hosting an open morning on Monday 9th January 10:00 - 11:00am for any families who are interested in applying for a nursery or reception place starting September 2017.

Reception and Nursery Places: September 2017

The deadline to apply for a primary school place (reception) is 15th January 2017.

Supplementary information forms need to be submitted to the school office by the same date.

Please collect a supplementary form from the school office or download a form. Applications for nursery need to be submitted directly to the school.

Table Top Sale at Tresham Play Centre

Saturday 26th November 2016 at Tresham Play Centre, 27 Tresham Crescent, NW8 8TW. 11am - 3pm. 20p entrance fee. There will be a sale of Children's and Adult's clothes, toys and books, Linen and towels. All proceeds will go to improve Tresham's playground and towards a water pump to provide clean water to a village in North Uganda. If you would like to donate some items please contact Alla on 02089682690.

ACHIEVEMENT CERTIFICATES

Congratulations to the children who received achievement certificates at this mornings assembly.